FIXING PLASTIC COLLECTION HAVE BEEN SUCCESSFUL IN RECYCLING CHEMICALS

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• Fixing the collection of plastic have seen a vital success of the recycling of the chemicals
• Collecting the used plastic have been successful for creating a circular economy in the industry for prevention of the fossil fuels to produce pla...

EUROPEAN COMMISSION INTRODUCES NEW CHEMICALS STRATEGY TO PRODUCE SAFE AND SUSTAINABLE CHEMICALS

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• The European Commission have introduced its new chemicals strategy to produce chemicals
• The main aim of the new chemical strategy is to make the production of the chemicals more sustainable while removing out the more potentially harmful s...

UK GOVERNMENT AND UNILEVER TO BACK THE CHEMICAL RECYCLING INNOVATION OF PLASTIC WASTE

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• The Neste and Unilever are going to work on joint project for scaling up the chemical recycling of the plastic waste in United Kingdom
• Unilever and Neste, both have received a grant of 3.1 million pounds for the United Kingdom Research and...

EUROPE: THE PRODUCERS OF PETROCHEMICALS ARE ANTICIPATING ON A BETTER OPERATING ENVIRONMENT

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• The Petrochemical producers in Europe are anticipating for a better operating environment
• More fundamental shifts in the patterns of the demand will be becoming apparent over the time

The virtual European Petrochemical As...

UNITED KINGDOM: SALAD SUPPLIERS TO SUPERMARKET INVESTIGATED FOR DISCHARGING PESTICIDES IN RIVERS

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• The environment watchdog of the United Kingdom is examining more than 50 sites of the salad suppliers for discharging chemical pollution into streams and rivers
• The investigation is carried out because of a salad producer was washing the p...

EUROPEAN COMMISSION COMMITS TO STOP EXPORTS OF BANNED CHEMICALS

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• The European Commission has made a commitment to end the exports of the banned hazardous chemicals in Europe
• The European Commission have made the decision after the investigation, which has revealed that the European manufacturers are exp...

THE BANNED CHEMICALS FROM INDUSTRIES ARE STILL POLLUTING THE RIVERS IN UNITED KINGDOM

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• The chemicals which were banned for over 30 years have been continuing to poison the wildlife in the rivers throughout the United Kingdom
• These chemicals also include the compounds like polychlorinated biphenyls and the polybrominated diph...

TONNES OF BANNED PESTICIDES SHIPPED TO POORER COUNTRIES FROM EUROPEAN FACTORIES

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• Year-long investigation has revealed that on full scale, pesticides banned from European farms are being shipped to poorer countries.
• UK leads in the act of polluting poor countries by dumping pesticides.

A year-long inves...

ECA SAID, EUROPEAN UNION AT RISK FOR MISSING ITS PLASTIC RECYCLING TARGETS

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• The European Union is facing the risk of falling down on the recycling targets of plastic
• The European Court of Auditors or ECA have given the warning on the incoming ban on the exports of plastic waste, which will be increasing the risk o...

INEOS OPENED LARGEST BUTANE STORAGE TANK IN EUROPE

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• Ineos, which is a private sector integrated gas terminal company has opened the largest butane storage tank in Europe
• The 80,000 fully refrigerated butane tank of Ineos will be doubling the storage capacity of the terminal

UNITED KINGDOM: AGS AIRPORT GROUP TO USE BIODEGRADABLE BAGS TO CUT PLASTIC WASTE

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• AGS Airports in United Kingdom has become the primary group have taken a move for cutting the plastic waste
• They have introduced biodegradable bags which will be removing around two million of single use plastic bags annually

EUROPE: SUEZ AND LOOP INDUSTRIES PLANS TO BUILD FACILITY FOR INFINITELY RECYCLABLE PLASTICS

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• The Loop Industries and Suez have announced their planning to build the facility for the infinitely recyclable plastics
• Both the companies are aiming to produce virgin quality and 100 percent recycled and infinitely recyclable plastic
...

CHEMICALS REGISTRATION DEADLINE UNDER UK REACH EXTENDED

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• Due to Brexit, UK REACH is replacing EU REACH in UK.
• The deadline to register chemicals has been extended.

With United Kingdom (UK) no longer a part of European Union (EU), UK REACH is set to replace EU REACH in UK. The fu...

THE CHEMICAL INDUSTRY IN EUROPE SEEKS FUNDING FOR GREEN RECOVERY

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• CEFIC, which is the European chemical industry council have asked the European Union Commission for allocating a share covid-19 green recovery fund
• The funds will be helping the chemical sector of Europe to balance its economic losses
...

GROWERS IN UNITED KINGDOM HAVE URGED TO MAKE SURE RESPONSIBLE USE OF METALDEHYDE

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• The crop growers have reminded to use metaldehyde responsibly after identifying that excessive water levels detected in the water courses
• The pesticide monitoring group said that, it was concerned that more wet weather may cause excessive ...

UNITED KINGDOM: AIREDALE CHEMICAL FACILITY INVESTMENT LEADS TO THE PRODUCTION OF BIOCIDE

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• The investment of the Airedale Chemical facility has led to the production of biocide
• The partnership will see Airedale Chemical manufacture a new dis-infectant product for Chemiteq and will distribute it directly to its customers

UK AND EUROPEAN COUNTRIES SHIPPED THOUSANDS OF TONNES OF BANNED PESTICIDES TO POORER COUNTRIES

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• The United Kingdom and Europe are shipping thousands of tonnes of the banned pesticides to the poor countries
• The early eye investigation has found that the European countries has issued some plans to export 81,000 tonnes of pesticides to ...

SENSEX SURPASSES 36,000-MARK, NIFTY AT 10,600

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• The S&P BSE Sensex is trading at 35,993 points, while the benchmark Nifty50 index is at 10,599.35 points

• Bajaj Auto and Bharti Airtel were top Sensex gainers with growth of 2 percent each

• Global investment firm KKR is all set to pu...

LITTLE VILLAGE RESIDENTS IN CHICAGO FILE FEDERAL LAWSUIT AGAINST HILCO

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• The residents of Little Village has suffered enough
• The demolition has now exposed the residents to chemicals which they had always feared.

Respiratory discomfort is considered a vital sign of the coronavirus. Add to this an existing prob...

NEW CHEMICAL PROJECT FOR PFAS CLEANUP PROGRAM APPROVED BY U.S SENATE

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• The House and Senate have recently agreed on funding for an extensive cleanup program at the Florida State Fire College, scrubbing and cleansing the sites contaminated by polyfluoroalkyl and perfluoroalkyl.
• Also known as ‘forever che...